What is recorded here

Castle Yard in Bramfield, East Suffolk, is a medieval ringwork with an 83m diameter, standing above a north west-facing slope and overlooked by Bramfield Hall. Its ditch still holds water, a causeway crosses the south west side, and a linear boundary earthwork extends north westwards from the western edge. The de Bramfield family may have held the manor in the 12th century as tenants of the Honour of Richmond, giving the earthwork a local purpose rather than a distant legendary one.

The National Heritage List for England records Ringwork known as Castle Yard as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the 12th century, likely by a local lord for defensive purposes during the post-Conquest consolidation of power in England. It is remembered as an example of a ringwork, a common medieval fortification type used to control local territory and suppress uprisings.

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